34/191 GA
Follow-up to and implementation of the Mar del Plata Action Plan of the United Nations Water Con- ference
34
Session
| Draft symbol | A/34/635/Add.3 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 34/191 |
| UN Document | 34/191 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/34/PV.108
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
In paragraph 12 of its report. the Second Committee also recommends that the General Assembly should take note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, sub-
The recommendation was adopted (decision 34/445).
AGENDA ITEM $0
Question of Southern Rhodesia: report of the Special
Committee on the Situation with regard to th…
The President
I call upon the representative of Madagascar to introduce draft resolution A/34/L.65/ Rev.1.
Mr. Rabetafika
\ have the privilege of introducing on behalf of its sponsors and of my own delegation, which holds the office of chairman of the African group for the month of December, the draft resolution contained in document A/34/L.65/Rev.1, relating to the question of Southern Rhodesia.
9. Members will recall that the consideration of agenda item 90 had been entrusted to the Fourth Committee, but that it …
The President
I shall call now cn those representatives who wish to explain their votes before the
vote.
Mr. Francis
The New Zealand delegation regrets that the Assembly is being asked to endorse the draft resolution before us today. There is much in it that we can support, but it is by and large a draft resolution that looks to the past, not to the future. It was submitted several hours after the successful outcome of the London conference was announced. Yet it fails to acknowledge the significance of the agre…
Mr. Kamanda Wa Kamanda
The delegation of the Republic of Zaire will support draft resolution A/34/L.65/ Rev.1 on Zimbabwe which is now before us, in order to demonstrate its constant support for the struggle of the people of Zimbabwe for independence.
31. The Republic of Zaire has always emphasized both the need for agreement among all the sons ol Zimbabwe to settle their problems and the responsibilities of the Unite…
Mr. Thiemele
The delegation of the Ivory Coast, in
deciding not to participate in the debate in the Fourth Committee on the question of Southern Rhodesia, was guided by its unwillingness to obstruct the efforts of all those who had, since 10 September of this year, been meeting at Lancaster House in an attempt to arrive at a solution to that problem. Those negotiations, which seemed by far the most decisive …
Mr. Ernemann
The presence of Mrs. Thatcher, the
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Lord Carrington, her Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the United States — indeed right here in New York—has coincided with
a surprising success so long hoped for, namely that of a peaceful settlkement of the Southern Rhodesian conflict, with at the same time increased hop…
Mr. Eralp
My delegation will reluctantly abstain in the vote on draft resolution A/34/ L.65/Rev.1. If we do so it is not because of a lack of sympathy for the Patriotic Front, which has valiantly struggled to the end to bring about, at long last, true democracy for Zimbabwe. It is not because we are in any way in disagreement with the spirit of the draft resolution, but because it fails to take fully into …
The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/34/L.65/Rev.1. The delegation of Senegal has asked for a separate vote on the last preambular paragraph. Accordingly, I put to the vote the last preambular paragraph of draft resolution A/34/L.65/Rev.1. A recorded vote has been requested.
A recorded vote was taken.
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain, Ban…
The President
I now put to the vote draft resolution A/34/L.65/Rev.1 as a whole. A recorded vote has been requested.
A recorded vote was taten.
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoro…
The President
I shall now call upon those delegations wishing to explain their votes after the vote.
Mr. Baleta
The position of the People’s Socialist Republic of Albania on the question of Southern Rhodesia is well known. My country has always condemned the racist régime of Salisbury and the crimes it has committed against the people of Zimbabwe. My country has also condemned the economic, political, diplomatic and even military aid that has been given by the imperialist Powers to that white racist minori…
Mr. Pfirter
We wish to reserve our final position concerning the legal problem referred to in the last preambular paragraph and paragraph 9 of the resolution that has just been adopted.
54. There are differing views concerning whether in the present circumstances States continue to be legally bound by Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions on the former illegal Salisbury régime, and so the most pru…
Mr. Keating
My Government warmly welcomes the agreement on the question of Scuihern Rhodesia that has just been concluded at the end of the Lancaster House conference. We wish to commend all those who, through their constructive approach and willingness to reach agreement, have made this historic step possible. Ireland hopes that this agreement will bring a just and lasting settlement to Zimbabwe so that its…
Mr. Haslund
The Danish Government has received with gratification the news that all the parties to the conflict in Southern Rhodesia have agreed on a settlement. It includes an independence constitution, with genuine majority rule for Zimbabwe, transitional arrangements and elections under a lawful Governor and a cease-fire. This means an end to the oppression of the people of Zimbabwe and an end to war and …
Mr. Scheltema
My delegation regrets that, at a time when the parties directly concerned have reached agreement after a long process of negotiation involving substantial concessions by all concerned, the General Assembly has been unable to draft a resolution that reflects agreement rather than accentuates differences. My delegation cannot understand how, at a moment when the process of independence for Zimbabwe…
Ms. Coopersmith
The United States could not support the resolution that has just been adopted because not only did it violate the principle that, as a general rule, proposals must be circulated not later than the day preceding the meeting at which they will put to the vote, but also was presented to the Assembly as a fait accompli. Our negative vote reflects as well the disappointing substance of the resolution …
Mr. Kharlamov
The Soviet delegation did not object to the adoption of the resolution on the question of Southern Rhodesia because it contains a number of provisions which are aimed at meeting the intrests and the direct responsibilities of the United Nations with respect to Southern Rhodesia as regards support for the people of Zimbabwe and their national liberation struggle for the implementation of their ina…
Mr. Roa Kouri
My delegation has voted in favour of the
resolution because we believe that it reflects what has always been for Cuba a cardinal factor, namely, support for the Patriotic Front, the sole, legitimate and authentic representative of the people of Zimbabwe in their tireless struggle against the Ian Smith racists.
80. The resolution that we have adopted is also in accord with the resolutions adopte…
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